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- Now, is that clear to you?
- Yes, everything except why a duck.
- Well, that's fine. Then we can go ahead with this thing.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Cocoanuts (1929) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:48:48.237 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Look, rube. Suppose you were out horseback riding, and you came to that stream and wanted to ford over. You couldn't make it. It's too deep.

- But what do you want with a Ford if you got a horse?

- Well, I'm sorry the matter ever came up.

- All I know is that it's a viaduct.

- Look. All right. I catch on to why a horse, why a chicken, why a this, why a that. I no catch on to why a duck.

- Well, I was only fooling. I was only fooling.

- They're gonna build a tunnel there in the morning.

- Now, is that clear to you?

- Yes, everything except why a duck.

- Well, that's fine. Then we can go ahead with this thing.

- Now, look, I'm gonna take you down and show you our cemetery.

- I've got a waiting list of 50 people at that cemetery just dying to get in. But I like you and I'm gonna shove you in ahead of all of them. I'm gonna see that you get a steady position. And if I can arrange it, it'll be horizontal.

- Now remember, when the auction starts, if somebody says $100...

- I say 200.

- That's grand.

- Now, if somebody says 200.

- I say 300.

- That's great.

- Now, you know how to get down there? Now, look. You go down there, down that narrow path there until you come to that little jungle there. You see it? Where those thatched palms are. And then there's a little clearing there with a wire fence around it.

- You see that wire fence there?

- All right. Why a fence?

[...]

The Cocoanuts (1929) Sound Clip

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Actors: Groucho Marx (Mr. Hammer), Chico Marx (Chico), Zeppo Marx (Jamison), Harpo Marx (Harpo), Margaret Dumont (Mrs. Potter)

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